UNISON Scotland
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Pay freezes are driving down living standards, while the rich get richer – UNISON
Date: Wed 15 May 2013 Public services union UNISON today released a report showing how pay freezes are contributing to sharply declining living standards for workers in vital services. UNISON ... Read More
Council tax freeze is costing public services dear – UNISON
Date: Wed 1 May 2013 Hard-pressed Scots are facing massive increases in charges for vital local services to pay for the Scottish government’s Council Tax freeze, public sector union UNISON ... Read More
UNISON marks International Workers’ Memorial Day with call for safer workplaces
Date: Fri 26 April 2013 UNISON today warned that the appalling toll of death and injuries from the collapsed clothes factory in Bangladesh highlights the vital importance of strong health ... Read More
Women’s equality at work no better than when Scottish Parliament opened in 199
Date: Thu 25 April 2013 UNISON today provided damning evidence to MSPs that major obstacles remain to women achieving equality in the workplace and that low paid women deserve action ... Read More
Purpose first – powers later, UNISON tells Scottish Labour
Date: Fri 19 April 2013 UNISON Scotland, one of Labour’s largest affiliated unions, has told the party its first and main task must be to identify the purpose of greater ... Read More
Involve staff in health and social care integration or watch reform fail
Date: Wed 17 April 2013 UNISON today warned that changes to services for the most vulnerable people must do more to involve staff or watch reform fail. The public services ... Read More
Scottish Health Secretary to speak at UNISON health conference
Date: Thurs 11 April 2013 Alex Neil, Scottish Health Secretary, is a keynote speaker at UNISON Scotland's health conference in Glasgow tomorrow (Friday 12 April). Pay and pensions are key ... Read More
Workers must be central in public service reform, not treated as puppets or pawns
Date: Wed 27 March 2013 UNISON will today (Wed) tell a committee of MSPs that redesigns of public services must not treat workers as pawns to be moved around recklessly, ... Read More
Magnificent effort by public service workers in snow-hit Argyll and Bute, Arran and Dumfries & Galloway
Date: Tue 26 March 2013 UNISON today praised the work of public service staff clearing roads, working to restore power and supporting snowed-in communities hit by Friday’s storm. As engineers ... Read More
UNISON warns Lib Dems – Don’t take health and safety back to dark ages
Date: Fri 25 March 2013 The Coalition Government should abandon measures that would drive a coach and horses through health and safety legislation. That was the message today when UNISON ... Read More
